Tunes for Tuesday.
Here is the video for the song "How Am I To Be" off of the new Watson Twins release, "Fire Songs". The twins, Chandra and Leigh, backed up Rilo Kiley founder Jenny Lewis' outstanding solo release "Rabbit Fur Coat" in 2006.
How Am I To Be - The Watson Twins
And a video from Jenny Lewis, "Rise Up With Fists"
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Headlines of the Week 9/22/08
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
RUSH - YYZ
Tunes For Tuesday
Below is an amazing version of the RUSH instrumental "YYZ" covered by an 11-year-old Japanese girl. I played in a RUSH cover band and was a huge fan, I know every note of this song. She plays it nearly to perfection!
First, if you need it, here is a refresher:
RUSH - "YYZ"
And here is the incredible cover:
Amazing performance!
Below is an amazing version of the RUSH instrumental "YYZ" covered by an 11-year-old Japanese girl. I played in a RUSH cover band and was a huge fan, I know every note of this song. She plays it nearly to perfection!
First, if you need it, here is a refresher:
RUSH - "YYZ"
And here is the incredible cover:
Amazing performance!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Backstroke of the West - An Untold Love Story
Amazingly bad translation of Revenge of the Sith from the Chinese version to English.
For screen grabs of more great captions, check out this.
Thanks to Engrish Funny for the heads up.
For screen grabs of more great captions, check out this.
Thanks to Engrish Funny for the heads up.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD
Discovery Channel has announced the premiere of TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, on Tuesday, October 7 at 10 PM ET/PT.
Produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers, the six one-hour episodes will follow mushers and their dog teams as they take on the elements, the cold and the trail conditions – as they race each other over one thousand miles across Alaska in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
View trailer:
Produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers, the six one-hour episodes will follow mushers and their dog teams as they take on the elements, the cold and the trail conditions – as they race each other over one thousand miles across Alaska in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
View trailer:
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Sucks to be you...
...Tom Brady Fantasy Football Owners!
Wow! How many Fantasy players had figured their season was set by owning Tom Brady? The loss not only hurts Tom's knee, it also could hurt the pocketbook of fantasy ballers around the world.
Wow! How many Fantasy players had figured their season was set by owning Tom Brady? The loss not only hurts Tom's knee, it also could hurt the pocketbook of fantasy ballers around the world.
Brady's loss to those fantasy owners could shift about $150 million in fantasy league winnings from those who had Brady to those that didn't, according to Jeff Thomas, CEO of SportsBuff.com, a fantasy sports site. Here's how the math is done.
Brady's incredible year last year, which included a record 50 touchdown passes, meant that about 50 percent of the people who drafted Brady last year won their leagues, Thomas said. With the Brady hype not bought by all, Thomas said that it was believed that about 30 percent of leagues this year would be won because of Brady.
With about $500 million in fantasy prizes on the line, that's a $150 million shift in dollars. And some think that's at the low end of the spectrum since the total value of office pools is tough to ascertain.It's not lost money--it's just a momentary shift. It's possible that in a couple weeks we could be talking about the fact that 30 percent of owners who drafted Michael Turner could wind up in the winner's circle.
This coming week will likely be the highest trafficked week in fantasy football history as players look to modify their rosters, said Chris Russo, CEO of Fantasy Sports Ventures, which operates fantasy sports marketing and media businesses. The increase could be north of 100 percent of what otherwise would have occurred, Russo noted.
Additional information from CNBC.comMonday, September 8, 2008
Drive By Truckers Patterson Hood's Top 10 Albums
By Russell Hall, Independent Mail
Athens-based rockers the Drive By Truckers are co-headlining a slew of dates this fall with The Hold Steady, who happen to be one of rock’s hottest bands. The itinerary calls for a stop at Atlanta’s Tabernacle on Nov. 1. Recently, main Trucker Patterson Hood shared his thoughts about his top 10 favorite albums.
1. Tom Waits: “Swordfishtrombones”
“This pick could as easily have been ‘Rain Dogs’ or ‘Blue Valentine,’ but alas, it had to be this one. The album is still growing on me, even after 25 years.”
2. Todd Rundgren: “Something / Anything?”
“This may be the single most important album of my childhood (since the age of 12, anyway). ‘Hello It’s Me’ is easily one of my top three fave songs. I probably learned more about songwriting from this album than from any other record.”
3. Big Star: “Third” (vinyl reissue)
“I always liked ‘Radio City’ better until I heard this album — and its new song sequence — on vinyl. It’s still pretty close, but this version is a revelation. ‘Kangaroo’ is on my top five all-time fave song list.”
4. The Glands: “The Glands”
“This is the best album ever to come out of Athens, Georgia. It’s a little hard to find, but it’s well worth the effort. In 10 years it may well move up on my list of favorites.”
5. Bob Dylan and The Band: “The Basement Tapes”
“I almost put The Band’s self-titled album here, but right now I like this one better. American music never sounded so good.”
6. Neil Young: “Tonight’s The Night”
“ ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ could have easily gone here, but this one has ‘Albuquerque’ on it, which features one of my favorite choruses ever. It sounds as if Young did that song on a bet. And won.”
7. The Rolling Stones: “Exile On Main Street”
“Here I could have substituted ‘Sticky Fingers,’ ‘Let It Bleed,’ or ‘Beggars Banquet’ (or even Liz Phair’s ‘Exile In Guyville’), but tonight I didn’t.”
8. Eddie Hinton: “Dear Y’all” (The Songwriter Sessions Vol. 1)
“This is another album that’s hard to find. It’s as great a bunch of soul songs as you’ll ever hear, stripped down to songwriter demo essentials. It gets better with every listen.”
9. The Replacements: “Tim”
“This little album inspired me to drop out of college and form Adam’s House Cat with my roommate Mike Cooley back in 1985. ‘Let It Be’ might be a better album, but this one is why I’m here doing this tonight.”
10. John Lennon: “Plastic Ono Band”
“I had to have an album by a Beatle, and this one’s my favorite. ‘Rubber Soul’ and ‘Band on the Run’ rank pretty high too.”
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Attack of the Photocrapper
Oh no! Trailer over at Photocrap parodied one of my favorite albums of the year:
Check out more of his Album covers at http://photocrapper.blogspot.com/
Check out more of his Album covers at http://photocrapper.blogspot.com/
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